Have you ever gone into a store and picked up something, and asked yourself, “In what condition was this made in, who even made this?”. This is what an ethical consumer thinks when picking up every product, about the environment the product was created in, if child labor was presented, and any other factors that would affect an economic business.
So, What does it mean to be an Ethical Consumer? Being an Ethical Consumer means buying products which are not harmful to the environment or to the society. For example, buying free range eggs. When making the choice of being an Ethical consumer, you’re choosing the choice of being emotionally happy by boycotting the business that encourage outsourcing, child labour and more influences. Here, you're also increasing the businesses economic values, your voice would influence other businesses to be ethical.
Fast Fashion Stores are pressured to have the most up to date fashion, or supply and demand, Where the consumers demand up to date fashion and the stores supply it to them. There is also, the factor of competition mixed in, to make profit. So, the best or lowest price brings in the consumers, and the demand increases. Unfortunately, many shops have not recognized the values of ethical shopping. ‘Till this day, stores such as Adidas, Nike, TopShop and at the top of the list Joe Fresh, still use sweat shops to sell their brand. These shops are known for giving a good price with the latest fashion. Ethical Consumers aren't able to find the vast majority of stores that offer an affordable price.
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Nike Factories On July 29, 2017, USAS, United Students against sweatshops, organized a protest against Nike Factories. The protest went across the glob in, Washington D.C, Bangalore, and San Pedro Sula in Honduras. Allegations were made that Nike put their workers in factories, that are bailing not at 90 degrees. USAS demanded Nike to be pulled out of the Honduran factory company. Fortunately, Nike left the factory, but they still have factories across the globe in over 35 countries.
Fast Food: “I Used An App To Buy Only Ethical Food. It Was Really Hard”, said by Joseph Erbentraut, a writer on the HuffPost. He explained, that his “to a better food system”, is hard to follow a guideline, whereas a banana does not meet the sustainability standards of the of the HowGood app. Did you know that on an average day McDonald's get 62 million customers? That's 22 times Dubai’s population. Eight Fast Food restaurants including McDonald's were in a survey, unsurprisingly the largest burger chain made at last tied with KFC. This generation, we are put in the middle of these food chains that wouldn’t be defined as ethical foods. The struggle of being an ethical consumer, does not consist with just clothing, but the way you eat.
Ethical Consumerism II
Have you ever gone into a store and picked up something, and asked yourself, “In what condition was this made in, who even made this?”. This is what an ethical consumer thinks when picking up every product, about the environment the product was created in, if child labor was presented, and any other factors that would affect an economic business.So, What does it mean to be an Ethical Consumer?
Being an Ethical Consumer means buying products which are not harmful to the environment or to the society. For example, buying free range eggs. When making the choice of being an Ethical consumer, you’re choosing the choice of being emotionally happy by boycotting the business that encourage outsourcing, child labour and more influences. Here, you're also increasing the businesses economic values, your voice would influence other businesses to be ethical.
Fast Fashion
Stores are pressured to have the most up to date fashion, or supply and demand, Where the consumers demand up to date fashion and the stores supply it to them. There is also, the factor of competition mixed in, to make profit. So, the best or lowest price brings in the consumers, and the demand increases. Unfortunately, many shops have not recognized the values of ethical shopping. ‘Till this day, stores such as Adidas, Nike, TopShop and at the top of the list Joe Fresh, still use sweat shops to sell their brand. These shops are known for giving a good price with the latest fashion. Ethical Consumers aren't able to find the vast majority of stores that offer an affordable price.
Nike Factories
On July 29, 2017, USAS, United Students against sweatshops, organized a protest against Nike Factories. The protest went across the glob in, Washington D.C, Bangalore, and San Pedro Sula in Honduras. Allegations were made that Nike put their workers in factories, that are bailing not at 90 degrees. USAS demanded Nike to be pulled out of the Honduran factory company. Fortunately, Nike left the factory, but they still have factories across the globe in over 35 countries.
Fast Food:
“I Used An App To Buy Only Ethical Food. It Was Really Hard”, said by Joseph Erbentraut, a writer on the HuffPost. He explained, that his “to a better food system”, is hard to follow a guideline, whereas a banana does not meet the sustainability standards of the of the HowGood app. Did you know that on an average day McDonald's get 62 million customers? That's 22 times Dubai’s population. Eight Fast Food restaurants including McDonald's were in a survey, unsurprisingly the largest burger chain made at last tied with KFC. This generation, we are put in the middle of these food chains that wouldn’t be defined as ethical foods. The struggle of being an ethical consumer, does not consist with just clothing, but the way you eat.
For More Information, or you are interested in becoming an ethical consumer visit this page:
__http://www.ethicalconsumer.org__
This video, is a speech by Jason Garman about Ethical Consumerism:
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